1946

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15 April - 16th, 331st and 502nd Bombardment Groups consolidated into 501st Bombardment Group.May
15 May - General Orders No. 61, 20th AF, relieved the 501st from assignment, reverting to Headquarters 20th AF. A provisional Northwest Field Air Base Command assumed control of Northwest Field.
15 May - Gen. Frank Armstrong's Fluffy Fuzz IV set one more record for the 501st — soaring to an altitude of 45,600 feet with a pay load of 1000 kilograms and Major Ross, Ops. Off. of the 501st, as AC. JuneJulyAugustSeptember - Typhoon hits Guam. [1946, Typhoon Querida devastated Guam] -[ http://www.uss-la-ca135.org/1940ferlin.htm - "In either late August, or early September, 1946 we were in Guam when a 150mph typhoon struck"]
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